Poultry feeder



Sept. 25,1923. l 1,469,013

` M. R. JACOBUS POULTRY FEEDER Filed Nov. 15. 1920 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 Y 4ma moimfr Sept. 25,1923. 1,469,013

M. R. JCOBUS POULTRY FEEDER Filed Nov. `l3. 1920 ATTORNEY o l l: Qmllwulfu 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Patented Sept. 25, w23.

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Y .application inea November ia, 192e.- seriailiv'o. leased `To allwhoml tmay cof/weint.' Y

l Be it'lrnown that I, MARTIN R. Jabones,

citizen of the United States, and a resident YY of'Ridgeield, inthecounty of Bergen and State of New Jersey, have invented certain new Yand useful 'Improvements in Poultry Feeders, of which the following isa1 specilC'tlOD. f

YThe invention relates to a feeder for stock as poultry and the like;and it has for its object to construct a feeder wherein the feedscatteredl is caught andretained in a suitable receptacle, therebypreventing waste and theV eating ofsoiled food. It'has for a furtherobject to afford a convenient return of feed thus collected to the mainsupply or receptai-ole; and, if desired, to secure, also, the

feeder against vermin durino the periodV that it is not in use.

The nature of the invention will best be understood when described inconnection with the accompanying drawings, in which- Y Fig. 1 is aperspectiveview and Fig. a vertical section thruA the improved feeder.Fig. 3 is a front elevation, Fig. l an end view and Fig. 5 a verticalsection illustrating another form.

Similar characters of reference designate corresponding parts thruoutlthe several views. v

Referring to Fig. 1 of the drawings, 10 designates a receptacle of thedesired capacity, having end barriers Y11 to provide a waste feed troughor receptacle 12 behind which is a food compartment or receptacle 13,which is preferably covered over the top by a wall 14. The wast feedtrough and food compartment are separated from each other by a swingingor pivotally mounted wall 15, extending substantially to the bottom oftheV receptacle. This wall may be lpivoted in any convenient mannertothe end barriers 11; and it is preferred, further-k more, to arrangethe wall to swing about on axis passing thru its upper edge which isoffset with reference to the axis of the pivots, thus mounting the walleccentrica-Hy to permit same to be swung outwardly, for example, overthe front, as indicated in dc-t- `ted lines, Fig. 2. This will allow offree access being had to the interior of the re- Y ceptacle for 'fillingor cleaning purposes.

In operation, the fowl feed' out of the food compartment 13 in the rearpart of the feeder, anyfoodiwhiclii's dropped Y by them being caughtbythe Ywaste recepta-` .Y i 'i cle 12. vAccess to the latter'ispreventedby means of a wire-16 orsuitable grating tendingv over saine,sufficient. opening only to receivev the scattered feed being providedtherein. When the proper quantity has been Y .collected inthe wastetrough, thesame may v-be readily returned to the feeding'receptacleofthe feederby swinging the. wall 1'5 about the 'axis thruitsupper-edge-and correspondingly turning or partly inverting the entirefeeder. s The forward movement of the lower portion of wall linay bere.- stricted by suitable stops 17 and the downward movement of the wallabout its pivots by stops 18, it being understood that, the wall as awhole is free to oscillate backwardly about its 'upperYV edge asanraxis.

ln the form'disclosed in Figs. 3 to 20 designates a hopper or feedreservoir' VVprovided at the top with ahingedlid or Vcover 21, saidhopper being open at tlie'bottom'and terminating in a feed receptacle22inv front of same. rlhe forward wall of the hopper ispreferablyrearwardly directed' toV form a`V downwardly taperingliopper and thefeed is designed to be taken by the fowl from the receptacle 22 over awaste `feed trough or receptacle 23' which is designed toV catch thefeed thrown or dropped in eatingfrom said feed receptacle 22. The wastefeed receptacle is provided in manner similar to that shown in Figs. 1and 2, ywith a'pwall 24 which is pivotally mounted, as set forth inconnection with said wall 15, between the end barriers '25 and thev feedand wastereceptacles. Or-

dinarily, the waste feed trough will be :made suiciently narrow to`prevent feeding therefrom; or, a rodv 26.1nay be placed thereover toprevent access'to its contents. When suciently filled, the feed may bereturned to'tlie feed receptacle 22-by swinging the wall 24 about itsupper edge as an axis.

' The lid or 'cover 2lmaybe heldto the receptacle by means ofVsuitablehoolrs 27 pivoted to the end barriersand designed to fitV overturned-up ears 28 extending laterally from said lid. It is alsopreferred to further extend the lid or cover'21by providing a hingedextension 29 thereto which, when theY feeder is in operation, is swungback on top of the lid 21, as indicated in dotted lines, Fig. 5; butwhen it is desired to seal the entire feeder, as against A vermin, maybe brought down over both the feed receptacle and the waste feed trough7as shown in full Y lines.

Vreceptacle, and a` separating wall `pivotally secured to therfeeder,oscillatahle about its upper edge which is displaced from the pivotalaxis, wherebjvfsaid wall may he rotated as a whole about the pivotalaxis to assume a position outside of the feeder.

A. poultry feeder, comprising two adjacent, normally non-communicatingreceptacles, including a forward or waste trough over which access ishad to the other or feed receptacle, said trough being designed toreceive the scattered `feed taken from the feed receptacle, a separatingwall pivotally secured yto the feeder, oscillatable about its upper edgewhich is displaced from the pivotal axis, whereby said wall may berotated as a whole about the pivotal axis to assume a position outsideof thegfeeder, and means to limit the downward movement of the wall.

3. A poultry feeder, comprisingr two ad* jacent, normallynon-conimunicating reeep# tacles, including aforward or wastetroughVover which access is had to the other or feed receptacle, said troughbeing designed to receive vthe scattered feed Vtaken from the feedreceptacle, arms secured to the feeder, a sep arating wall oscillatableat the end thereof,

and stops to limit the movement of 'the' arms to vposition the walls. Y

Signed at New York in the county of New York and State of New York this12th day of November A. D; 1920.

' MARTIN R. JAooBUs.

